Then, I really looked at the grips and bar I was using at the time (Nitto Albatross) and found the problem was due more to the large friggin gap between the grips and the bar and not so much the adhesive. I tried a few more things to shim it until I discovered a solution that was almost stupid easy.
Tape. (Gaffer's tape to be exact...or any tape with a bit of grippy texture on the non-adhesive side).
Cut enough tape so that when you wrap it around the bar once(straight on...no angle like when wrapping bar tape), the ends slightly over lap. All you need to do is wrap it once right in the middle of where the cork grips will sit. Then you slide the grips on! You'll notice that it will be some work to get them on and once they're on there's no way they are going to come flying off!
Another way is with glue and Rivendell has made a nice tutorial showing it here:
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I used 1 wrap of electrical tape and Gorilla glue for the bakfiets... worked well, and any glue that foamed out was easy to pick off.
I had the same problem and tried electrical tape. it wasn't working for me so i used gorilla glue. Now i'm afraid that i might be stuck with these grips. I figure I'll cross that bridge when i come to it. For now, they stick great!
fantastic site, BTW!
geoff
I use to sell tape to golf club re-gripers they used double sided rug tape and then sprayed the tape with soapy water, slid the grips on and bobs your uncle.
Gorilla Glue's the ticket - no need for tape since it expands to fill the gap. I've used it on many bikes with no issue.
Alan
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